Tanker demand for crude and residuals to rise
AUGUST 8, 2015—Tanker demand for crude and residual fuel products is expected to increase by 2.5% in 2015 from year ago levels as a reduction in oil prices and improving refining economics
AUGUST 8, 2015—Tanker demand for crude and residual fuel products is expected to increase by 2.5% in 2015 from year ago levels as a reduction in oil prices and improving refining economics
August 7, 2015—American Cruise Lines, Guilford, CT, reports it has launched its newest paddlewheeler America three weeks ahead at Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD. Following its launch into the Salisbury River, tugboats skillfully
AUGUST 7, 2015—Two loaded naphtha barges under tow recently collided with two cumene barges in the busy Gulf Intracoastal Waterway along the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, near the Houston Ship Channel, sparking a
AUGUST 7, 2015—Inspectors from the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) are keeping a sharp eye on Shell’s “top-hole” drilling operations being conducted off of Alaska in
AUGUST 7, 2015—The U.S. Coast Guard reports that it made it largest semi-submersible vessel drug bust yet on July 18, seizing more than 16,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
AUGUST 7, 2015—Shipbuilder Fincantieri Marine Group LLC, Washington, DC, and naval architectural firm Gibbs & Cox, Inc., Arlington, VA, have announced a joint strategic R&D initiative to develop future ship and vessel
AUGUST 6, 2015—In an elaborate ceremony featuring a naval flotilla and fighter jets, as well as a host of foreign dignitaries, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi today inaugurated the New Suez Canal.
AUGUST 5, 2015—At a ceremony yesterday on a bright sunny day at its Warren, RI, shipyard, Blount Boats, Inc., launched the Chandra B, a new mini-tanker for American Petroleum & Transport, Inc.,
AUGUST 4, 2015—The U.S. Coast Guard celebrated its 225th anniversary today at the Coast Guard’s Douglas A. Munro Headquarters with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Paul
JULY 31, 2015—Family-owned Groupe Maritime Verreault reports that it completed Phase I of the expansion of its drydock at its Verreault Navigation facility in Les Méchins, Québec, Canada. Following the expansion, the